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Definition: Phlogopite |
PhlogopiteNoun1. A brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Chemistry | Natural complex aluminium silicate; splits into glistening, transparent, flexible sheets. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A magnesium-rich member of the mica mineral family. Phlogopite is a yellowish-brown to coppery-colored mica. Like all micas, phlogopite forms flat, plate-like crystals that cleave into smooth flakes. (references) |
Mining | A monoclinic mineral, K2 Mg6 (Si6 Al2 O (sub 20) )(F,OH)4 ; a magnesium-rich end-member of the biotite crystal solution series; mica group; pseudohexagonal with perfect basal cleavage; occurs in crystalline limestones as a product of dedolomitization, in potassium-rich ultramafic rocks, as an alteration mineral in sulfur-rich hydrothermal assemblages, and in kimberlites. Syn:magnesium mica;amber mica; brown mica. (references) |
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Crosswords: Phlogopite |
| Specialty definitions using "phlogopite": bastonite. (references) |
| "Phlogopite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phlogopite" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
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Beginning with "phlogopite": phlogopite-bearing, phlogopite-rich. | |
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| Language | Translations for "phlogopite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 火焰云母. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | flogopit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | flogopiet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | phlogopite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Phlogopit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φλογοπίτης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | flogopite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogopitephlay flogopite. (various references) flogopita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "phlogopite": phlogopites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-t" | |
-3 letters: hoplite, pothole, theolog. | |
-4 letters: eolith, epilog, hogtie, hoolie, hopple, oolite, oolith, ophite, photog, piglet, piolet, plight, polite, potpie, tholoi, tipple, topple. | |
-5 letters: eight, helio, helot, hippo, hotel, igloo, legit, light, lithe, litho, logoi, looie, photo, pilot, pipet, polio, teloi, thiol, thole, toile, tophe, tophi, topoi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-t" | |
+1 letter: phlogopites. | |
+2 letters: epiphytology, psephologist. | |
+3 letters: psephologists. | |
+4 letters: epiphytologies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6C 6F 67 6F 70 69 74 65 |
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